Fuel-saving compound.



UNITED STATES PA EN OFFICE.

CHARLES P. HARRIS, OF RUTLAND, VERMONT,

FUEL-'SAVING COMPOUND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent .N'o; 685,719, datedOctober 29, 1901;

Application filed April 5, 1901- Serial No. 54,567- (No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OHARLEs P. HARRIS, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of Rutland, county of Rutland, and State ofVermont, have invented certain new and useful improvements in fuelsaving compounds to render the use of the fuel more economical by thehelp of gases generated by the compound; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains touse the same.

The invention is a new and usefulimprovement for aiding the combustionof anthracite and bituminous coal,coke, and charcoaland to render theuse of the samemore economical by the help of gases generated by thecompound. The object of myinvention is to provide a compound easily andcheaply made which when sprinkled upon hard or soft coal, coke, andcharcoal it will, first, intensify the heat from the fuel by consumingthe gases generated by the mixture; second, make the combustion moregradual and complete; third, preventthe Waste of unconsumed carbon,and,fourth, lessen the formation of soot, smoke, and injurious gases.

My compound consists'of the following ingredients combined in theproportions stated: water, ninety-six gallons; salt, (chlorid of gsodium,) twenty-four pounds; marble-dust,

ten pounds; coal-dust, ten pounds; ashes of coke, ten pounds; ashes ofwood, ten pounds; ashes of tanbark, ten pounds; sawdust, ten

pounds; soap, seven pounds. The salt is mixed in half the water to makea brine. The soap is mixed in the balance of the Water to produce asaponaceous eifect; In the above mixed together the remainingingredients af-' ter being thoroughly mixed with each other 7 are pouredinto the Water as prepared above,

which is then ready to sprinkle uponthe fuel in the proportion of fourgallons to the ton of.

45. Having thus described my invention and fuel.

the method of application, what I'claim is- 1.'The herein-describedcomposition of matterconsistingof water, coal-dust, marble- A dust,chlorid of sodium, soap, ashes of wood,

ashes of coke, ashes of tanbark,and sawdust,

substantially as described and forthe purposes specified.

2. The herein-described coal-saving comoHARLEs P. HARRIS.

Witnesses: I

E. L. GRIMEs, W. J. STEWART.

